Improvement in wire fences



E. D. WITHER 8.

Wire Fences. v

Patented Oct 6,1874.

IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN D. WITHERS, OF PARKTON, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT lN WIRE FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,603, dated October 6, 1874; application filed May 23, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN D. WITHERs, of Parkton, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a Wire Fence, of which the following is a specification:v

My invention consists of a novel construction of wire fence provided with flanged plates, ratchet-wheels, and other devices, which will be more fully explained in the following de-. scription.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front view of my fence. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

In the construction of my wire fence, I propose to set the posts about fifty feet apart, and use, say, six wires of diameter No.7, as shown on the left hand in Fig. 1, at B. These wires are fastened to the posts A by a double series of clamping-plates, O, in connection with bolts D, which rest in slight notches in the sides of the posts. The plates 0 may have a flange or lip, which clasps around the corner of the post, as seen in Fig. 2. These plates may be made of either cast or wrought iron. The bolts D are provided with ratchet-wheels E, held by dogs F in the usual manner, and, if found desirable, the dogs may be held by the studs G, in addition to the pivots.

- By this arrangement, the fence may be easily erected, and each wire can be separately tightened by a simple wrench upon the square head of the bolt D, which may be cast in the same piece with the ratchet-wheel, and no machine or hand finishing is required for the castings.

A picket of sheet metal is placed on the top of the fence, as seen at E, Fig. l, the wires being passed through the picket to hold it in place. These pickets may be put on in sections of six feet in length; and another plate of sheet metal may be used at the bottom of the fence, as seen at O in Fig. 1. The longitudinal wires B are connected at intervals between the posts by means of a smaller vertical wire, L, which is wound around the wires B to hold them in place at equal distances apart. To prevent these wires L from slipping on the wires B, the latter may be bent by a pinchers at the point where the smaller wire is to be attached.

Having described my invention, I claim A fence-wire fastening and stretching device, consisting of a pawl and ratchet supporting clamp, O, with its adjustingr-od D, sub stantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

EDWIN D. WITHERS.

Witnesses:

DANIEL BREED, THOMAS C. OoNNoLLY. 

